QOTD: "Sexual obsessions are the basis of artistic creation." - Salvador Dali
Reading: Louise J. Kaplan, Female Perversions
Listening to: The Bobs, Shut Up and Sing!
Decluttering accomplishments: did hand laundry, started the annual attempt at cleaning out the desk drawer
Memo to: My Readers
Subject: There's Still Time
You can still take my friend test. I know it's hard, but it's fun to see what people guess. Though my big brother should really know better.
Memo to: Robert
Subject: Something Sophomoric
The other day I suddenly realized that when I was a sophomore in high school, I had a boyfriend whose first name was Harlan. When I was a sophomore in college, I had a boyfriend whose last name was Karlin. So would it be alright if I start to call refer to you as "Darlin'?" There may even be a limerick in this.
Memo to: NBC Sports
Subject: Olympics Coverage
It's really okay to show athletes who aren't American. Even if they don't have warm human interest stories. We'll watch anyway. And we might even learn something. And if you really have to do human interest stories, I really think it's cool that Eric Heiden is the team doctor for the speed skaters.
Memo to: Billie Morissette
Subject: Scotland, PA
I saw your movie the other night. The first part was funny, but it fell apart when the script stopped making fun of Mac. Stick to parody next time. Christopher Walken was brilliant.
Memo to: Parker Brothers
Subject: Defense Acquisition - the Board Game
Inventing a board game to describe our work woes created a lot of amusement on Friday. The basic idea is that every so often a congressional staffer appears and changes all the rules.
Memo to: United Airlines
Subject: SJC to LAX Schedule
Some of us travel on business trips. Business meetings tend to end no earlier than five p.m.. Therefore, you might consider having a flight from SJC to LAX sometime around seven p.m.. 7:30 would be ideal.
Memo to: Elizabeth Wayland Barber
Subject: Egyptian Urinary Practices
Okay, I know you included the quote from Herodotus about the Egyptians doing everything backwards because you were talking about weaving. And I know that Herodotus was somewhat gullible. But I have to ask. Did Egyptian men really piss sitting down and Egyptian women piss standing up?
Memo to: myself
Subject: Questions
Don't ask questions if you don't want to know the answer. And if you really want to know how the Egyptians peed, you're very strange.
Copyright 2002 Miriam H. Nadel